Paper Monitor
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To blur or not to blur - not a oblique reference to today's reviews , and of a certain Britpop combo's comeback gig, rather the age old picture editor's dilemma of whether to fuzz out the face of a public figure's young child.
In the case of newly elected Speaker John Bercow's toddler daughter Jemima, it's a no to blurring from the , the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail and the Times. So if little Jemima Bercow wishes to labour under the illusion that her privacy is being protected, she'd be advised to stick to reading to the Independent (see pic).
The Sun, meanwhile, is in celebrative mood with a story about a girl "once dubbed Britain's Fattest Teenager" (under a strapline that reads "UK's fattest teen") who has cut her weight from 33st to 18.4st.
runs the headline to the story of Georgia Davis. It's not the sort of maths that would pass muster with , but let's not be churlish. Inside, the Sun revisits its original story about Georgia from last August and even republishes its sensitive picture of her presiding over a smorgasbord of high calorie grub - Jaffa Cakes, chocolate cake, chips, crisps and so on.
Girth aside, close reading also reveals that Georgia is the same height as John Bercow. How high is that? You'll have to ask to find out.
And finally, Paper Monitor suspects it'll be spending rather more time on the Times website than is strictly necessary, playing its trial (just as Web Monitor predicted). This is soooo up one's street...